The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-27
ARREST OF WILL ENGLISH.
He Is Taken Into Custody in New York
While About to Sail for Europe.
Mrs. Lucy Case. an Indianapolis Woman Who
Is Shady infatuated with Him, Charges
Him with Criminal Assault,

A special to the Journal from New York, last
night, stated that Will E. English son of Hon.
W. b. English had been arrested there or the
steamer Etruria. when it was about to sail for
Europe on tho charge of criminal assault
Mrs. Lucy A. Case. About the same hour Hon.
W. 81. English received a telegram stating that
the charge was seduction, and this information
was substantiated by subsequent kilograms he
received from New York city. An Associated
Press dispatch from New York, in giving the
particulars of the arrest, says:
1.-THE order of arrest was sued out of the Su-
preme Court by Mrs Lucy A. Case, formerly of
indianapolis, the home of the young man.
Later IN the day. and too late to catch the
which was furnished by DR.. Norvin Green, pres
ident of the Western Union Telegraph Company,
and j. d. Rogers, proprietor Of the Coleman
House.
''Mrs. Case has been a widow six years. ard
has child seven years old. She is of prepos-
sessing appearance and attractive manners. For
several years she was saleswoman in the store
OF l.. A. Morrison. Of indianapolis. While
there she was introduced to young English In
January. 1886. She was then boarding at a
small family hotel in that city. She alleges that
he visited the store daily, paying her attention,
escortine her home from work. to places of
hmuSeiueut. etc, ana tn6G ne proiesSo0 great
love for her and called at her home; that his at
tentions became matter of public notoretv,
and it was generally believed that they were
engaged. She charges that in July, 1886, on
one OF his visits, after entering he locked
it and let her out. but he refused.
She charges that he then assaulted her
criminally. She alleges that through fear of
disgrace and exposure, she did not make public
the offense, but refused to again see him. Shc
subsequently, informed him of her condition, and
alleges that he took her to physician and had
criminal operation performed. She claims that
English promised to make amends by marrying
her, and thathe threatened to kill her in she
married anyone else. She was obliged to leave
her position, and asserts that he has since sup
ported her. A few days ago, she says, he sent
her $lOO to pay certain expenses On Dec. 10
she removed to this city. He refused to marry
her. and she sues for damages to the amount of
$4,000. She applied for the arrest to compel
English to furnish bonds to appear"
Mrs. Case, the woman who makes the COM
plant upon which Mr.. English was arrested,
made her home in this city until two months ago.
occupying Room No. II, Stewart Place. She
came here, a widow, about three years ago.
from Fort Wayne For a time. and
perhaps during the most of her residence here,
she was a dry goods clerk. She was considered
by her acquaintance respectable woman until
her intimacy with young English became sub
ject Of general gossip Several months ago he
began paying attention to her, and the Stewart
Place people state that he called on her nearly
every evening when in the city, and always
spent his Sunday afternoons with her. Mrs.
Case frequently remarked to the chambermaid
| in the Stewart Place that she and Mr. English
were TO be married and were to 60 to Europe to-
| gether. Two months ago Mr.. English left the
| city for New York to sail for Europe Mrs.
Case, it seems, went on the same train, and left
| word that she was going to Washington with
| Mr.. English. A letter received by some Of her
| friends at the Stewart Place the next week after
they had gone stated that she was in Washing
ton City with Mr.. English. Nothing more was
heard from her by her friends until the news o!
her having Mr.. English arrested last evening
| was received.
| Hon. VIM. Fl. English said to Journal .e.
| porter last night: II heard Of the arrest soon
| after 1t occurred. Mrs. Case is an old widow
who got infatuated with Will, and he could
not get rid Of her. I know he has beer
trying for several months to shake her. but she
| would not let him alone. When she learned he
was going to Europe, and was not going to take
her along, she was half crazy, and worried the
| life out of him. She has been following hin
over the country, and he has been unable t
evade her. She was determined to go to Europ,
! with him, and when she found he would no
take her. she trumped up the charge o.
adultery against him and had him arrested. Sh,
put off his arrest until the last moment in order
| to make him miss his steamer. She even waited
until the steamer had left the landing befor,
she sent the officers aboard AS to the charg,
Of adultery, there is not thing in it. TIL,
whole affair is only piece Of unpleasan
scandal. AS for there being any criminal as
sault, know that is false, for have numerou
kilograms from New York which state that thu
charge is seduction"
MIR. English's information from New Yorl
stated that his son was not taken to jail. Hi
telegram also stated that Mrs. Case made de
mand for money before she had the arrest made
She was willing to remain in America if b
would give her $500. This he refused to do, an,
she ordered the arrest
| Sinful Waste of Raw Material.
Brooklyn Eagle
"And what does your husband do for livin'q